The Redmond Developer has a great article about mobile development. OK you will have to look past one minor mistake. The author credits the iPhone as
Since its release in late June, the iPhone has added a new level of functionality -- a phone that works over both WiFi and a cellular network with access to e-mail, digital content (including video) and a browser that adds new presentation capabilities to Web pages.
Looking past this disregard for a slew of devices that have been doing this for years the article does elucidate a lot of the issues facing enterprise developers.
- What device or devices to support?
- How to deploy the application for example via the web or as on device applications?
- How to communicate with internal resources?
- What development tools to use?
Basically the customers I have been talking to really are starting to view the device as an extension of the enterprise network. The problem is today devices tend to be second class citizens. Most device management systems give only basic control over the device like pushing down policies and applications. No one has yet really solved the how to make the device a trusted member of the network just like your laptop, desktop and servers.
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